Manifold-book holder.



N0. 758,813. PATBNTED MAY 3, 1904. G.- S. BINNER,' DEGD.

s. n. BINNEB, ADMI'NISTBATBIX. MANIFOLD BOOK HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 24, 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL.

No. 758,813. PATENTED MAY 3, 1904. O. S. BINNER, DEGD.

s n BINNER ADMINISTRATRIX MANIFOLD BOOK HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG 24 1903 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

I0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. BINNER, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSET"S; STELLA E. BINNER, ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID CHARLES S. BINNER, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO THE C. S. BINNER CORPORATION, OF BOSTON, AIASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

MANIFOLD-BOOK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 758,813, dated May 3, 1904.

Application filed August 24,1903. Serial No. 170,625. (No model.)

M W D is a narrow plate inclined upwardly in Be it known that 1, Cinemas S. BINNEE, a the direction of its width, and composed of 5 citizen of the United States, residing at Malthin spring sheet metal soldered or otherwise den, in the county of Middlesex and State of secured on one side to the plate let, and ex- Massachusetts, have invented certain new and tending transversely across the lower portion useful Improvements in Manifold-Book Holdof the cover A parallel with the flange 12, so ers, of which the following is a specification. as to leave a space between its upturned edge 55 My invention relates to manifold-book hold- 15 and the said flange 12 greater than that beers, and has for its object, first, to provide a tween the wire binding cleats or stitches 16 simple and convenient device for removably and the lower edge of the book C, said upsecuring the book or pad to its cover, and, secturned spring edge being adapted to engage ondly, to provide means whereby the carbonthe lower projecting portions of said wire 60 sheet may be always held at the level of the stitches when the bound end of the book is topof thebook or pad, the thickness of which is placed against the flange 12 of the cover, as constantly changing as the leaves are torn off. shown in Fig. 2, and pressed down ti rml y upon W'ith these ends in view my invention consaid yielding spring D by a swinging clampsists in a yielding clamping device of novel ing-bar E, which is hinged at one end to a 5 construction adapted to secure the bound end wire 6, bridging the space between the flanges of the book or pad within the cover or holder 10 12, and is provided at its opposite end 20 by engagement with the projecting stitch or with a hooked catch 20, which is adapted to stitches or other binding device by which its be sprung over a wire staple (Z, projecting leaves are held together; and my invention from the right-hand edge of the cover A, 70 also consists in the peculiar construction of whereby it is securely locked in place. The the carbon-sheet holder and in certain other bar E is provided on the under side at its londetails and combinations of parts, as will be gitudinal edges with ribs or lips 21 22, formed hereinafter fully set'forth, and pointed out in in the present case by turning over the edges the claims. of the sheet metal of which the bar is com- 75 in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is posed, the lip 22 being adapted to engage the aperspective view of my manifold-book holder projecting wire stitches on the upper side of 0 open and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a longituthe book, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the book dinal section of the lower half of the same. being thus held securely in position by the Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 engagement with its wire stitches or binding of Fig. 2. Fig. A is a perspective view of the device of the spring-plate D on the under side lower half of the holder with the book or pad and the lip 22 of the bar Eon the opposite or 3 5 removed and the hinged clamping-bar thrown upper side in such manner that all of the leaves back to show the yieldingspring-plate beneath can be torn out of the book either singly or the same. Fig. 5 is a plan of the bound end in pairs without any liabilityof its becoming 5 of the book or pad. Fig. 6 is an enlarged disengaged from the holder, for the reason transverse section of the carbon-sheet holder. that the height of the wire stitches confined In the said drawings, A B represent the unbetween the upper and lower members of the der and upper covers ofamanifold-book holder clamping device remains the same without reconnected, as usual, by a flexible back a, the gard to the number of leaves that may have 9 cover A being provided at the left-hand side been withdrawn. and lower end with upturned flanges 10 12, It will be obvious that the above described forming protecting-walls for the edges of the clamping device will serve equally well for manifold book or pad C, said flanges being a holding a book or pad in which a single cenportion of a sheet-metal plate 1 T, secured to trally-placed stitch is employed instead of the inner side of the cover A. two, as herein shown, or where the leaves of the book are held together by any other suitable binding device, thus adapting the holder for general use with any book or pad having its leaves bound together by a suitable binding device. I In removing the book it is simply necessary to unhook the catch 20 and raise the swinging bar E, when the book will be free to be withdrawn from the holder.

WVhen clamped in place, the book is held against lateral displacement by the flange 10 on one side and the staple (Z on the other and can only be removed when the bar E is raised. By the employment of the swinging clampingbar E in connection with the spring-plate D, which yields under the downward pressure of the book,'it will be seen that my improved holder is well adapted for use with books of slightlyvarying thicknesses, thus avoiding.

any liability of the book dropping out of the holder.

G is the carbon-sheet, which is secured to a swinging carrier or holder H, mounted on the upper edge of an angle-plate I, secured by rivets 25 to the bottom of the cover A. This carrier consists of a wire link or loop 26, having two parallel side bars, one of which is hinged to the upper edge of the plate I by passing through eyes 27 27, formed at its opposite corners by turning over projecting portions of the metal, and a narrow plate 28,which lies between the side bars of the link 26 and is hinged upon the side bar which lies between the said eyes 27 27, the said link and plate forming the two clamping members of the carrier. The edge portion of the plate 28 opposite to its hinged edge is doubled or bent into U shape, forming a longitudinal groove 30 for the reception of the end portion of the carbon-sheet G, into which groove it is forced by pressing therein the underlying side bar of the link 26, the carbon-sheet being thus held between the spring-walls of the groove 30 and the link 26, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6. When thus held, the plate 28 and the link 26 swing together, and it will be seen that the carrier can then be swung into any position required to bring the carbon-sheet to the level of the top of the book without regard to its thickness, which is constantly diminishing as the leaves are torn out, thus enabling the carbon-sheet to always lie flat upon the surface of the recording-sheet, as desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a manifold-book holder, the combination with the cover provided with a springplate inclined upwardlyin the direction of its width and extending transversely across the said cover and adapted to engage the bound end of the manifold book or pad on the under side of the same, of a clamping-bar adapted to hold the bound end of the book down upon said spring-plate, and means for locking the clamping-bar when down upon the book.

2. In a manifold-book holder, the combination with the cover provided with an upwardly-inclined spring-plate extending transversely across the same and adapted to engage the binding device of the manifold book or pad on the under side of the same, of a swinging clamping-bar adapted to hold the bound end of the book down upon said spring-plate, and means for locking the clamping-bar when down upon the book.

3. In a manifold-book holder, the combination with the cover provided with an upwardly-inclined spring-plate extending transversely across the same, and adapted to engage the binding device of the manifold-book on the under side of the same, of a swinging clamping bar arranged above said springplate and adapted to hold the bound end of the book thereupon so that the free edge of the spring-plate will engage the said binding device, said clamping-bar being provided on its under side with a longitudinal lip or rib adapted to engage the binding device on the upper surface of the bound end of the book, and means for locking the clamping-bar when swung down upon the book.

4:. In a manifold-book holder, a book-retaining device comprising an upwardly-inclined spring -metal plate extending transversely across the cover and adapted to engage the binding device on the under side of the bound end of the book, a swinging clamping-bar arranged above said spring-plate and adapted to press the end of the book upon the same to produce an engagement of the free edge of the plate with the binding device of the book, said clamping-bar being provided on its under side withalongitudinal lip or rib adapted to engage the said binding device on the upper surface of the book, and means for locking the clamping-bar when swung down upon the book.

5. In a manifold-book holder, the combination with the cover having a transverse plate extending up therefrom at a right angle, of a swinging carbon-sheet carrier mounted on the upper edge of said transverse plate and comprising a wire link having parallel side bars one of which is hinged to said transverse plate at the opposite ends of the same, and a narrow independently-swinging plate adapted to lie between the side bars of the link and hinged at one edge upon one of the said bars and having its opposite edge turned over to form a U-shaped groove for the reception of the carbon-sheet and the outer side bar of the link by which said carbon-sheet is clamped within said groove. V

l/Vitness my hand this 21st day of August,

CHARLES S. BINNER. In presence of- P. E. TESCHEMAOHER, F. B. SPAULDING.

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